US20100065184A1 - Reinforcing structure for pneumatic tires - Google Patents

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US20100065184A1
US20100065184A1 US12/212,679 US21267908A US2010065184A1 US 20100065184 A1 US20100065184 A1 US 20100065184A1 US 21267908 A US21267908 A US 21267908A US 2010065184 A1 US2010065184 A1 US 2010065184A1
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Osama Hamzeh
Mingliang Du
Ding Xu
Mahesh Kavaturu
Nizar Toumni
Olivier De Barsy
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C15/00—Tyre beads, e.g. ply turn-up or overlap
    • B60C15/06—Flipper strips, fillers, or chafing strips and reinforcing layers for the construction of the bead
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C9/00—Reinforcements or ply arrangement of pneumatic tyres
    • B60C9/18—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers
    • B60C9/20—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers built-up from rubberised plies each having all cords arranged substantially parallel
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
    • B60C9/00—Reinforcements or ply arrangement of pneumatic tyres
    • B60C9/18—Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers
    • B60C9/1835—Rubber strips or cushions at the belt edges
    • B60C2009/1864—Rubber strips or cushions at the belt edges wrapped around the edges of the belt
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T152/00—Resilient tires and wheels
    • Y10T152/10—Tires, resilient
    • Y10T152/10495—Pneumatic tire or inner tube
    • Y10T152/10765—Characterized by belt or breaker structure
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T152/00—Resilient tires and wheels
    • Y10T152/10—Tires, resilient
    • Y10T152/10495—Pneumatic tire or inner tube
    • Y10T152/10819—Characterized by the structure of the bead portion of the tire

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  • the present invention relates to pneumatic tires and, more particularly, to means of impeding cracking at ends of reinforcement structures of a pneumatic tire.
  • the bead area is one part of the tire that contributes a substantial amount to the rolling resistance of the tire, due to cyclical flexure which also leads to heat buildup.
  • the flexure and heating in the bead region can be especially problematic, leading to cracking of surrounding rubber.
  • the ply turnup ends are prone to separation from adjacent structural elements of the tire.
  • the ply is reinforced with materials such as nylon, polyester, rayon, and metal which have much greater stiffness (i.e., modulus of elasticity) than does the adjacent rubber compound of which much of the tire is made. The difference in elastic modulus of mutually adjacent tire elements leads to cracking and separation when the tire is stressed and deformed during use.
  • a variety of conventional structural design approaches have been used to manage the cracking and separation of tire elements in the bead regions of tires.
  • one method has been to provide a “flipper” surrounding the bead and a bead filler.
  • the flipper works as a spacer that keeps the ply from making direct contact with the inextensible beads, allowing some degree of relative motion between the ply, where it turns upward under the bead, and the respective beads.
  • the flipper reduces the inevitable disparities of strain on the ply and on the adjacent rubber components of the tire (e.g., filler apex and sidewall rubber in the bead region and the elastomeric portions of the ply itself).
  • a chipper is a circumferentially deployed metal or fabric layer disposed within the bead region in the portion of the tire where the bead fits onto the wheel rim. More specifically, the chipper lies inward of the wheel rim (i.e., toward the bead) and outward (i.e., radially outward relative to the bead, viewed in cross section) of the portion of the ply that turns upward around the bead. Chippers stiffen and increase the resistance to flexure of the adjacent rubber material, which is typically adjacent to the turnup ends.
  • the ply is, on each side of the tire, clamped around, or anchored to, or “turned up” about, the respective bead, there exists a “turn-up end” (as viewed in the cross section of a tire) that extends radially outward within, and circumferentially about, each sidewall. Limits on the length of the ply turnup ends are made in order to locate the ends of the ply in positions where radial deformations of the tire are relatively small.
  • a balanced design for a reinforced bead assembly of a tire has stress characteristics that lead to reduced flexural energy generation (heat buildup) and to strain characteristics that can be uniformly borne by mutually adjacent tire components in the bead region, including the turnup, flipper, and chipper ends.
  • a pneumatic tire for use with the present invention includes a tread, two annular bead portions, a carcass ply having two turnup end portions, each wrapped around one of the annular bead portions, a first reinforcing structure disposed at one of the bead portions, the first reinforcing structure having a first end portion and a second end portion, and an annular first cap structure encompassing the first end portion of the first reinforcing structure.
  • the first cap structure has a U-shaped cross-section for surrounding the first end portion.
  • the first cap structure is constructed of reinforced fabric with fibers oriented in the range from ⁇ 45° to +45° with respect to a radial direction of the pneumatic tire.
  • the fibers of the first cap structure are aramid fibers.
  • the fibers of the first cap structure are nylon fibers.
  • the first reinforcing structure is a flipper for absorbing strain between the annular bead portions and the carcass ply.
  • the first reinforcing structure is a steel cord chipper for absorbing strain between the turnup ends and a wheel rim on which the pneumatic tire is mounted.
  • the fibers of the first cap structure are aramid fibers.
  • the fibers of the first cap structure are nylon fibers.
  • axially outwardmost portions of the turnup end portions of the carcass ply extend radially outward beyond the top of a wheel rim flange of the wheel rim and beyond the first reinforcing structure.
  • an annular second cap structure encompasses the second end portion of the first reinforcing structure.
  • the second cap structure has a U-shaped cross-section for surrounding the second end portion.
  • the second cap structure is constructed of reinforced fabric with fibers oriented in the range from ⁇ 45° to +45° with respect to a radial direction of the pneumatic tire.
  • a second reinforcing structure is disposed at one of the bead portions.
  • the second reinforcing structure has a first end portion and a second end portion.
  • the second reinforcing structure is a chipper for absorbing strain between the turnup ends and a wheel rim on which the pneumatic tire is mounted.
  • an annular third cap structure encompasses the first end portion of the second reinforcing structure.
  • the third cap structure has a U-shaped cross-section for surrounding the first end portion.
  • the third cap structure is constructed of reinforced fabric with fibers oriented in the range from ⁇ 45° to +45° with respect to a radial direction of the pneumatic tire.
  • an annular fourth cap structure encompasses the second end portion of the second reinforcing structure.
  • the fourth cap structure has a U-shaped cross-section for surrounding the second end portion.
  • the fourth structure is constructed of reinforced fabric with fibers oriented in the range from ⁇ 45° to +45° with respect to a radial direction of the pneumatic tire.
  • a pneumatic tire for use with the present invention includes a tread, two annular bead portions, a carcass ply having two turnup end portions, each wrapped around one of the annular bead portions, a belt reinforcing structure radially disposed between the tread and the carcass ply, the belt reinforcing structure having a first belt and a second belt, and a first annular cap structure encompassing a first axial end portion of both the first belt and the second belt.
  • the first cap structure has a U-shaped cross-section for surrounding the first axial end portion of the first and second belts.
  • the first cap structure is constructed of reinforced fabric with fibers oriented in the range from ⁇ 45° to +45° with respect to a radial direction of the pneumatic tire.
  • a second annular cap structure encompasses a second opposite axial end portion of both the first belt and the second belt.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view of an example pneumatic tire for use with the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic detailed view of the bead region of the tire of FIG. 1 .
  • “Apex” or “bead filler apex” means an elastomeric filler located radially above the bead core and between the plies and the turnup plies.
  • Bead or “Bead Core” generally means that part of the tire comprising an annular tensile member of radially inner beads that are associated with holding the tire to the rim; the beads being wrapped by ply cords and shaped, with or without other reinforcement elements such as flippers, chippers, apexes or fillers, toe guards and chafers.
  • Carcass means the tire structure apart from the belt structure, tread, undertread over the plies, but including the beads.
  • “Casing” means the carcass, belt structure, beads, sidewalls and all other components of the tire excepting the tread and undertread, i.e., the whole tire.
  • “Chipper” refers to a narrow band of fabric or steel cords located in the bead area whose function is to reinforce the bead area and stabilize the radially inwardmost part of the sidewall.
  • Core means one of the reinforcement strands, including fibers, with which the plies and belts are reinforced.
  • Equatorial Plane means the plane perpendicular to the tire's axis of rotation and passing through the center of its tread; or the plane containing the circumferential centerline of the tread.
  • “Flipper” refers to a reinforcing fabric around the bead wire for strength and to tie the bead wire in the tire body.
  • “Gauge” refers generally to a measurement and specifically to thickness.
  • Inner Liner means the layer or layers of elastomer or other material that form the inside surface of a tubeless tire and that contain the inflating fluid within the tire.
  • “Lateral” means a direction parallel to the axial direction.
  • “Ply” means a cord-reinforced layer of rubber-coated radially deployed or otherwise parallel cords.
  • Ring and radially mean directions radially toward or away from the axis of rotation of the tire.
  • Ring Ply Structure means one or more carcass plies of which at least one ply has reinforcing cords oriented at an angle of between 65° and 90° with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire.
  • Ring Ply Tire means a belted or circumferentially-restricted pneumatic tire in which at least one ply has cords which extend from bead to bead are laid at cord angles between 65° and 90° with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire.
  • “Section Height” means the radial distance from the nominal rim diameter to the outer diameter of the tire at its equatorial plane.
  • “Section Width” means the maximum linear distance parallel to the axis of the tire and between the exterior of its sidewalls when and after it has been inflated at normal pressure for 24 hours, but unloaded, excluding elevations of the sidewalls due to labeling, decoration or protective bands.
  • “Sidewall” means that portion of a tire between the tread and the bead.
  • Toe guard refers to the circumferentially deployed elastomeric rim-contacting portion of the tire axially inward of each bead.
  • Thread width means the arc length of the tread surface in the plane includes the axis of rotation of the tire.
  • “Turnup end” means the portion of a carcass ply that turns upward (i.e., radially outward) from the beads about which the ply is wrapped.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic cross-sectional view an example pneumatic tire 10 for use with the present invention.
  • the pneumatic tire 10 has a tread 12 , a single carcass ply 14 , an innerliner 23 , a belt structure 16 comprising two belts 18 , 20 , a carcass structure 22 , two sidewalls 15 , 17 , and bead regions 24 a , 24 b comprising bead filler apexes 26 a , 26 b and inextensible beads 28 a , 28 b .
  • the example tire 10 is suitable for mounting on a rim of a vehicle, such as a truck.
  • the carcass ply 14 includes a pair of axially opposite turnup end portions 30 a , 30 b , each of which is secured to a respective one of the beads 28 a , 28 b .
  • Each turnup end portion 30 a or 30 b of the carcass ply 14 is wrapped around the respective bead ( 28 b , in FIG. 2 ) to a position sufficient to anchor each axial end portion 30 a , 30 b.
  • the carcass ply 14 may be a rubberized ply having a plurality of substantially parallel extending carcass reinforcing members made of such material as polyester, rayon, or similar organic polymeric compounds. Axially outwardmost portions of the turnup end portions 30 a , 30 b of the carcass ply 14 may extend radially outward by a distance of between about 15 millimeters and about 30 millimeters beyond a top of a wheel rim flange of a wheel rim.
  • the turnup end portions 30 a , 30 b of the carcass ply 14 may engage axial outer surfaces of flippers 32 a , 32 b and axial inner surfaces of chippers 34 a , 34 b .
  • the chippers 34 a , 34 b may consist of narrow bands of steel cloth located in the bead area for the purpose of reinforcing the bead area and stabilizing the axially inwardmost part of the sidewalls 15 , 17 .
  • the flippers 32 a , 32 b wrap around the beads 28 a , 28 b and extend radially outward into the sidewall regions of the tire 10 .
  • the axially inward portion of flippers 32 a , 32 b terminate within the bead-filler apexes 26 a , 26 b .
  • the axially outward portions of the flippers 32 a , 32 b lie radially inward of the turnup end portions 30 a , 30 b , which are also located radially beyond the radially outermost reach of the chippers 34 a , 34 b .
  • each flipper 32 a , 32 b may extend radially to within between about 7 mm and about 15 mm of the radially outermost reach of the turnup end portions 30 a , 30 b of the carcass ply 14 .
  • the flippers 32 a , 32 b may be made of nylon fabric or other suitable thermoplastic polymers capable of extension when woven into fabrics, sheets, etc. of extreme toughness, strength and elasticity.
  • the nylon fabric may be woven, or it can be of a monofilament or multifilament type of material in which the cords run in the same direction.
  • the nylon fabric of the flippers 32 a , 32 b may have a thread pitch of between about 5 and about 30 ends per inch (about 2-12 ends/cm) and an overall thickness in the range of about 0.3 to about 1.2 mm, preferably about 10 to about 20 ends per inch (about 4-8 ends/cm) and 0.5 to about 1.0 mm gauge.
  • the nylon cords of the flippers 32 a , 32 b may be oriented at an angle of between about 20 degrees and about 50 degrees with respect to the radial direction, preferably at an angle of between 25 degrees and 35 degrees.
  • the flippers 32 a , 32 b may be termed “active” because they actively absorb (i.e. during tire deflection) differential strain between the very rigid beads 28 a , 28 b and less rigid metal reinforced carcass ply 14 .
  • the chippers 34 a , 34 b may be made of steel cords. Each chipper 34 a , 34 b may be disposed adjacent to the portion of the carcass ply 14 that is wrapped around the beads 28 a , 28 b . Further, the chippers 34 a , 34 b may be disposed on opposite sides of the portion of the carcass ply 14 from the flippers 32 a , 32 b . The axially inwardmost portion of the chippers 34 a , 34 b may be disposed in a portion of the bead regions 24 a , 24 b that, when the tire 10 is mounted on a wheel, would be closest to a circularly cylindrical part of the wheel.
  • the axially and radially outwardmost portion of the chippers 34 a , 34 b may be disposed in a portion of the bead regions 24 a , 24 b that, when the tire t 0 is mounted on a wheel, would be inward of a circular portion of a wheel-rim flange, being separated from the circular portion of the wheel-rim flange by tire rubber.
  • the chippers 34 a , 34 b are disposed circumferentially about the radially inwardmost portion of carcass ply 14 where it turns up around the beads 28 a , 28 b .
  • the chippers 34 a , 34 b may extend radially outward, being more or less parallel with the turned up ends 30 a , 30 b of the carcass ply 14 .
  • the disposition of the chippers 34 a , 34 b may be mirror-symmetric with respect to the bead-regions 24 a , 24 b.
  • the chippers 34 a , 34 b protect the portion of the carcass ply 14 that wraps around the beads 28 a , 28 b from strains in the rubber that separates the chippers from a wheel rim.
  • the chippers 24 a , 24 b reinforce the bead regions 24 a , 24 b and stabilize the radially inwardmost part of the sidewalls 15 , 17 .
  • the chippers 34 a , 34 b being constructed of relatively flexible steel cords encompassed with an elastomeric material, may absorb deformation in a way that minimizes transmission of stress-induced shearing strains that arise inward from a wheel rim, through the rubber portion to the turnup ends 30 a , 30 b of the carcass ply 14 where the chippers are most immediately adjacent to the rigid beads 28 a , 28 b.
  • the tire 10 may further include cap structures 100 encompassing, or wrapping around, ends of the flippers 32 a , 32 b , chippers 34 a , 34 b , and belt structure 16 .
  • the cap structure 100 has demonstrated superior advantage to improve fatigue life at the ends of the flippers 32 a , 32 b , chippers 34 a , 34 b , and belt structure 16 .
  • the cap structure 100 may be U-shaped in cross-section ( FIGS. 1-2 ) and constructed of reinforced fabric with fibers oriented in the range from ⁇ 45° to +45° with respect to a radial direction of the tire 10 .
  • the cap structure 100 surrounds the ends of the flippers 32 a , 32 b , chippers 34 a , 34 b , and belt structure 16 by curving around the ends at least 180° when viewed in cross-section ( FIGS. 1-2 ).
  • the ends of the flippers 32 a , 32 b , chippers 34 a , 34 b , and belt structure 16 may thereby be protected by a toroidal cap structure 100 adjacent the ends of the flippers, chippers, and belt structure and thereby contain any cracking in the rubber that may propagate from the ends of the flippers, chippers, and belt structure to the rubber outside of the cap structure.
  • the cap structure 100 has been shown to accomplish two goals: 1) the cap structure contains existing cracks adjacent the ends of the flippers 32 a , 32 b , chippers 34 a , 34 b , and belt structure 16 within the U-shaped cap structure; and 2) the cap structure relocates the cracks.
  • the cap structure 100 replaces the sharp and narrow interface area at the ends of the flippers 32 a , 32 b , chippers 34 a , 34 b , and belt structure 16 with the rounded and larger U-cap structure thereby smoothing the transition, or interface, both in terms of material and geometry.
  • the reinforced U-cap structure 100 thus greatly increases crack resistance capacity and, in effect, stops crack propagation through the U-cap structure. Further, crack driving forces at the exterior of the U-cap structure 100 are greatly contained and substantially reduced by the U-cap structure, thereby significantly delaying, if not completely eliminating, crack initiation at the exterior of the U-cap structure for the life of the tire. In other words, the reinforced U-cap structure 100 shifts and greatly delays crack initiation from the ends of the flippers 32 a , 32 b , chippers 34 a , 34 b , and belt structure 16 to the smooth exterior of the U-cap structure.
  • FIG. 2 details a schematic configuration of a bead area 24 b featuring the U-cap structures 100 and their reinforcement around the ends of the flippers 32 a , 32 b and chippers 34 a , 34 b .
  • the U-cap structures 100 may have a total cross-sectional U-length of 25 mm.
  • the U-cap reinforcement may be, for example, Aramid (Kevlar).
  • the cap structure 100 may be applied to ends of the flippers 32 a , 32 b and chippers 34 a , 34 b to improve bead area durability.
  • Nylon, PET, PEN, rayon, or any suitable material, or any suitable combination of materials (i.e., hybrid) may be used for reinforcing the cap structure 100 . Less costly material may obviously reduce cost of the tire.
  • the tire 10 includes cap structures 100 encompassing, or wrapping around, ends of all of the multiple belts (in this example two belts 18 , 20 ).
  • the cap structure 100 has demonstrated superior advantage to improve fatigue life at the ends of multiple belts 18 , 20 .
  • the cap structure 100 similar to above, may be U-shaped in cross-section ( FIG. 1 ) and constructed of reinforced fabric with fibers oriented in the range from ⁇ 45° to +45° with respect to a radial direction of the tire 10 .
  • the cap structure 100 surrounds the ends of multiple belts 18 , 20 by curving around the ends at least 180° when viewed in cross-section ( FIG. 1 ).
  • the ends of the multiple belts 18 , 20 may thereby be protected by a toroidal cap structure 100 adjacent the ends of multiple belts 18 , 20 and thereby contain any cracking in the rubber that may propagate from between multiple belts and/or the ends of multiple belts to the rubber outside of the cap structure.
  • the cap structure 100 has been shown to accomplish two goals: 1) the cap structure contains existing cracks, originating both outside of the multiple belts 18 , 20 and between the multiple belts, adjacent the ends of the multiple belts within the U-shaped cap structure; and 2) the cap structure relocates the cracks.
  • the cap structure 100 replaces the sharp and narrow interface area at the ends of the multiple belts 18 , 20 with the rounded and larger U-cap structure around the multiple belts thereby smoothing the transition, or interface, both in terms of material and geometry.
  • the reinforced U-cap structure 100 thus greatly increases crack resistance capacity and, in effect, stops crack propagation through the U-cap structure. Further, crack driving forces at the exterior of the U-cap structure 100 are greatly contained and substantially reduced by the U-cap structure, thereby significantly delaying, if not completely eliminating, crack initiation at the exterior of the U-cap structure for the life of the tire. In other words, the reinforced U-cap structure 100 shifts and greatly delays crack initiation from the ends of the multiple belts 18 , 20 to the smooth exterior of the U-cap structure.
  • the U-cap structures 100 at the multiple belts 18 , 20 may have a total cross-sectional U-length of 25 mm.
  • the U-cap reinforcement may be, for example, Aramid (Kevlar).
  • the cap structure 100 may be applied to ends of the multiple belts 18 , 20 to improve belt and tread area durability.
  • Nylon, PET, PEN, rayon, or any suitable material, or any suitable combination of materials (i.e., hybrid) may be used for reinforcing the cap structure 100 . Less costly material may obviously reduce cost of the tire.
  • the unique, reinforced cap structure 100 may shield or contain the cracks within the interior of the U-shaped cap, and further introduce a relatively large and smooth interface transition between the fabric of the cap structure and the adjacent polymer compounds, thus greatly improving bead and overall tire durability
  • the reinforced cap structure described above may be further used at end portions of flippers, chippers, belt structures, any other tire interface locations, or any combination thereof. Accordingly, the invention is intended to embrace all such alternatives, modifications and variations as fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

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